Category: Sports

Four years after he set a single-round Home Run Derby record only to not win the title, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. bestowed the same fate on someone else — and added to his family’s rich legacy in the process.  The son of Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero, participating in the Derby at his family’s urging, ousted hometown favorite Julio Rodriguez after […]

Clemson junior left-hander and first baseman Caden Grice was selected in the competitive balance round B (pick no. 64 overall) of the Major League Baseball Draft on Sunday night.  Two Clemson commits were also drafted Sunday. Outfielder Dillon Head was selected in the first round by the San Diego Padres with the 25th overall pick. Shortstop Sammy Stafura was drafted […]

 Isaac Paredes and Yandy Díaz homered as the Tampa Bay Rays snapped a season-high, seven-game skid with a 10-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Sunday in a matchup of teams with the best records in baseball.

Paul Skenes and Dylan Crews, star teammates on the LSU team that won the Men’s College World Series, were selected with the first two picks of Major League Baseball’s amateur draft on Sunday, becoming the first pair of teammates to go 1-2 in draft history.  With the 24th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft, the Atlanta Braves selected Right-Handed […]

William Byron overcame a spin early in the second stage that knocked him back a lap, and then was in the right position when weather took control at Atlanta Motor Speedway.  Byron won the rain-shortened NASCAR race at Atlanta on Sunday night for his series-leading fourth victory of the season. It was the second win in Atlanta in the last […]

Former North Carolina State and Furman coach Dick Sheridan, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 81. Sheridan died at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, his son, Jon, told Furman athletic department spokesman Hunter Reid. No cause of death was given. Sheridan, who was from Augusta, Georgia, began his college coaching tenure […]

Dejounte Murray and the Atlanta Hawks have agreed in principal on a four-year contract extension worth up to $120 million, agent Rich Paul told ESPN.  The deal can’t be formally signed until Friday but once completed will see Murray bypass free agency next summer and instead lock in with the Hawks for five years and $138 million total, including this […]

The City of Seneca is hosting the Dixie Youth Baseball State Tournament for 9- and 10-year-olds at the Shaver Recreation Complex this weekend. At 2:00pm Friday afternoon, the city is advising residents they will close the walking track on the west side of the facility, which is the side closest to Seneca Middle School. Administrator Scott Moulder said it is […]